Obesity Index That Better Predict Metabolic Syndrome: Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Waist Hip Ratio, or Waist Height Ratio

Table 2

Anthropometric measurements and clinical parameters of the study sample in Qatar (𝑁=1,552).

Variables	Total; 𝑁 = 1,552	ATPIII		𝑃 value	IDF		𝑃 value
		MetS(+); 𝑛=406	MetS(−); 𝑛=1146		MetS(+); 𝑛=572	MetS(−); 𝑛=980
	𝑁 (%)	𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)		𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)
Waist circumference (cm)	97.13 ± 12.40	106.04 ± 10.17	93.97 ± 11.56	<0.001	98.87 ± 13.23	96.11 ± 11.78	<0.001
Hip circumference (cm)	110.02 ± 9.87	113.58 ± 10.27	108.75 ± 9.42	<0.001	110.62 ± 10.85	109.67 ± 9.24	0.068
Height (cm)	162.84 ± 9.65	162.33 ± 10.03	163.02 ± 9.51	0.215	162.84 ± 9.65	162.37 ± 9.57	0.139
Weight (Kg)	77.51 ± 15.97	83.35 ± 16.92	75.44 ± 15.09	<0.001	78.92 ± 18.10	76.69 ± 14.52	0.008
Waist hip ratio (WHR)	0.88 ± 0.09	0.94 ± 0.08	0.86 ± 0.08	<0.001	0.89 ± 0.09	0.88 ± 0.09	<0.001
Waist height ratio	0.60 ± 0.08	0.66 ± 0.07	0.58 ± 0.08	<0.001	0.61 ± 0.09	0.59 ± 0.08	<0.001
Body mass index (Kg/m^2)	29.32 ± 6.10	31.87 ± 7.11	28.42 ± 5.41	<0.001	30.10 ± 7.31	28.86 ± 5.21	<0.001
Body mass index: 𝑛 (%)
<25	377 (24.3)	72 (17.7)	305 (26.6)	<0.001	164 (28.7)	213 (21.7)	<0.001
25–29.9	512 (33.0)	96 (23.6)	416 (36.3)		127 (22.2)	385 (39.3)
≥30	663 (42.7)	238 (58.6)	425 (37.1)		281 (49.1)	382 (39.0)
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	6.26 ± 2.54	8.31 ± 3.43	5.54 ± 1.62	<0.001	6.97 ± 3.04	5.85 ± 1.30	<0.001
Haemoglobin A1c (%)	6.11 ± 1.59	7.36 ± 1.93	5.67 ± 1.18	<0.001	6.58 ± 1.92	5.84 ± 1.30	<0.001
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.86 ± 0.83	5.00 ± 0.83	4.81 ± 0.82	<0.001	4.93 ± 0.84	4.81 ± 0.82	0.006
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.40 ± 0.33	1.32 ± 0.27	1.42 ± 0.34	<0.001	1.36 ± 0.30	1.42 ± 0.34	0.001
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.81 ± 0.70	2.88 ± 0.68	2.79 ± 0.70	0.032	2.83 ± 0.71	2.80 ± 0.69	0.552
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.41 ± 0.81	1.63 ± 0.82	1.34 ± 0.79	<0.001	1.48 ± 0.76	1.37 ± 0.83	0.010
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	127.36 ± 16.00	131.57 ± 15.41	125.87 ± 15.95	<0.001	128.58 ± 16.23	126.65 ± 15.84	0.023
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	79.23 ± 9.75	82.16 ± 9.42	78.19 ± 9.65	<0.001	80.32 ± 10.18	78.59 ± 9.43	<0.001